On This Day - What happened 20 July 1969 AD

After a nearly decade-long national effort, the United States won the race to land astronauts on the Moon on July 20, 1969, with the flight of Apollo 11. Nixon spoke with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during their moonwalk. He called the conversation "the most historic phone call ever made from the White House"

The landing on the surface of the Moon occurred several seconds after 20:17:40 UTC on July 20, 1969.